Nashville named a top travel destination for 2017 by Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure, the travel publication with a global audience of more than 10.5 million, has named Nashville one of its 50 Best Places to Travel in 2017. Music City was one of seven U.S. cities included on the list, which included destinations on every continent on the globe sans Antarctica.

Writing for the magazine, Nashville-based Kristin Luna wrote that 2017 would be a "banner year" for the city, because the Ryman Auditorium, Country Music Hall of Fame and Bluebird Café are all set to celebrate anniversaries and multiple prominent restaurants are set to open.